Who Got To Ride Today?

Me? Nope. This guy? Hell yeah, and in drier weather than we had here in Fred Wing. Mark squeezed in his December ride near Fun Du Sac, 'Sconsin. Look, Ma... no snow, neither!!!! (But snow on the grass is OK, though; it covers a lot of dog pooh.) Mark has officially joined the Early Spring Rider's Faction of the Red Wing Ironworks Motorbike Club.

Zen And The Art of Smithsonian

The Zen bike from Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is landing at the mother ship of all things culturally significant: the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Story here:

Zen Bike

Pirsig, born in Minneapolis, wrote "Zen" as both a narrative of a motorcycle trip with his son and his personal beliefs in philosophy. It is the book that needs to be in every motorcycle library.

First Ride of the Spring Was Today

What happens the day after the winter solstice? The days get longer. We interpret that as the start of spring. Winter? That is for the weak. It is an up hill ride from here. Yep, we hit some roads today to get that first ride of the spring knocked off. January, you're next.

Patches? Hell Yah, We Got 'Em

Yep, I am a whore for t-shirts and stickers. Little Timmy? He is a whore for patches. Yep, and we got some right here. Iron-on, no less. Who messes with sewing stuff any more any way?

Approved club patch....

Almost approved club patch.....

From the Dept. of Holy Balls

Forecast is for 47 degrees on Sunday. Merry Christmas from Mother Nature. Yep, plans are afoot to do some riding on Sunday. How about Caribou Coffee Red Wing at 10, kick stands up at 11-ish or so thereabouts. If you miss out riding, yer cards from the Man-Up Union of America will be revoked.